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.^-\$@§###                  RAILS                   ###§@$\-^.
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.^-\$@§### §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ###§@$\-^.
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....^-$@## §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ##@$-^....
.^-\$@§§§§                                          §§§§@$\-^.
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....^\@§§# TRAINS  ARE  SO  CONSTRUCTED  THAT  THEY #§§@\^....
.^-\$@§### HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH  IS ###§@$\-^.
....^-\\$§ CALLED  A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS  COMPRISED §$\\-^....
.^-\$@§§§# OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE  ITS NICKNAME. #§§§@$\-^.
.^-\$@§###                                          ###§@$\-^.
.^-\$@§### BECAUSE  THE  LOW  FRICTION BETWEEN  THE ###§@$\-^.
.^-\$@§### WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE  RAIL METAL, ###§@$\-^.
.^^^^\\\@# THERE ARE LIMITS FOR  HOW ACUTE A  CURVE #@\\\^^^^.
.^-\$@§§## CAN BE, AND  EVEN MORE  SO  FOR HOW MUCH ##§§@$\-^.
......-$@# THE  GROUND  UNDER  THE  RAILS   CAN  BE #@$-......
.^-\$@§### SLOPED. THUS  A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ###§@$\-^.
......^\$§ ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM  IN §$\^......
..^^-$$$$§ TUNNELS   (IF  THEY   ARE   LARGE),   OR §$$$$-^^..
.^-\$§####            ARTIFICIAL CHASMS.            ####§$\-^.
....^-\@§#                                          #§@\-^....
.^-\$@§§## THERE  WILL BE  TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE ##§§@$\-^.
....^\\@@§ RAILS, BUT  NOT TOO  CLOSE, OR THEY WILL §@@\\^....
.^-\$@§### BE  CUT  DOWN BY  THE RAILWAY  JANITORS. ###§@$\-^.
.^-\$@§### THERE WILL  BE  PLAINS,  AND  BODIES  OF ###§@$\-^.
.^-\$@§###                  WATER.                  ###§@$\-^.
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.....^-$§# TRAINS  GO  BY  DAY AND  BY NIGHT. ALONG #§$-^.....
.^-\$@§###      THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION       ###§@$\-^.
.^-\$@§### SCATTERED,  OFTEN PUT ON TOP  OF  POLES, ###§@$\-^.
.^-\$@§### TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE  TRAIN DRIVERS. ###§@$\-^.
.^-\$@§### DIFFERENT  PARTS  OF  THE  RAILWAY  HAVE ###§@$\-^.
.....^^\@§         DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS.          §@\^^.....
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.^-\$@§### SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP  AND WAIT ###§@$\-^.
.^-\$@§### FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR  AWAY. THIS ###§@$\-^.
..^--\$$§# IS SIGNALED  BY  RED  OR  GREEN  LIGHTS. #§$$\--^..
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.^-\$@§### MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW  THE RAILS  BY  FOOT. ###§@$\-^.
.^-\$$$@## OFTEN THIS  PROVES  TO  BE  THE  SHORTER ##@$$$\-^.
.^-\$@@§§# PATH BETWEEN TWO  POINTS.  HOWEVER  THIS #§§@@$\-^.
.^-\$@§### IS  FROWNED   UPON,  AND  VERY  IMPOLITE ###§@$\-^.
.^-\$@§###        TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS!         ###§@$\-^.
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